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How United Was India’s Reaction To The Outbreak Of The Second World War In 1939? Flashcards

1
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When did India enter the war?

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September 3 1939

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2
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Who entered the war on behalf of India?

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Linlithgow

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3
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How did India enter the war?

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Unilaterally

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How many people did Linlithgow enter in the war unilaterally?

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300 million Indians

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5
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What did Gandhi urge the British to do about the ww2?

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Negotiate with Hitler, using peaceful means

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6
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Congress reaction to the outbreak of the war:

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Withdrew the ministries from provinces where it had a majority

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7
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Why had demands of Purna Swaraj fallen on deaf ears?

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Preoccupied with the war

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What did all Congress leaders order all Congress member to do?

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To resign from provincial ministries throughout India

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9
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Day of Deliverance: (2)

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  • 22 December 1939 - day the last Congress provincial ministry abandoned its posts
  • Called on all Muslims to celebrate their release form Hindu bondage
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10
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When was the Lahore Resolution?

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March 1940

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11
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How many Muslims did Jinnah call to the Lahore Resolution?

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100,000 Muslims

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12
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What did the Lahore Resolution discuss?

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The basic principles of any new constitution for India

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Two main proposals of the Lahore Resolution:

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  • Areas of the subcontinent where Muslims were in the majority should be grouped to form separate independent states
  • That minorities had to be protected, whether the people concerned were living in Muslim - or Hindu-dominated series
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14
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What word was relentlessly said during the Lahore Resolution?

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‘Separate

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Reaction of Congress to the Lahore Resolution:

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A battle of words between Jinnah and Gandhi

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16
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How did Gandhi describe the Lahore Resolution?

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Tantamount to the vivisection of India

17
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What broke out as a result of the Lahore resolution?

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Mini-satyagrahas

18
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What occurred in May 1940?

A

Linlithgow and Jinnah discussed a range of issues relating to India and the war

19
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What proposals did the August offer entail? (3)

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  • ‘Representative’ Indians would join his Executive Council
  • A War Advisory Council would be established that would include the princes and other interested parties
  • An assurance that the government would not adopt any new constitution without the prior approval of Muslim India
20
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When did Bose leave Congress?

A

1939

21
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What did Bose form?

A

Forward Bloc Party

22
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What was the Forward Bloc Party?

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A terrorist organisation aimed at getting the British to quit India

23
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When was Bose arrested due to suspicion of treason?

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July 1940

24
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When did Bose escape prison?

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January 1941

25
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Where did Bose travel to first and who did he speak to?

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Soviet Union to attempt to persuade Stalin to support the Indian Independence

26
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Why did Stalin not support Nehru’s idea?

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Stalin was coping with the first stages of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and supporting Indian Independence was not one of his priorities

27
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Where did Bose travel to after Russia?

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Germany

28
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What did the British ban because of Bose?

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Banned the Forward Bloc and its publications

29
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What did Hitler fear?

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Any collapse of the British Raj in India would lead to Russia moving into the power vacuum created in the subcontinent

30
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Where did Hitler send Bose?

A

Japan

31
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What did Bose form whilst in Japan?

A

Indian National Army (INA)

32
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Who made up the INA?

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Indian prisoners of war taken by the Japanese

33
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How did Japan use the INA?

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to spy on India

34
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What happened to these INA spies?

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Many Indian authorities were able to notice them and many became double agents or simply took the train home

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